Labor in Vain

It was "a textbook illustration of how not to conduct an
investigation," said an angry Sam Nunn of Georgia, ranking
Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. It
"wasted a historic opportunity" to root out corruption and
mismanagement, said the subcommittee's 190-page report, released last
week. The object of those disparaging words is a fiveyear, $5 million
investigation by the Labor Department of an enormous pension fund
controlled by officials of the International Brotherhood of
Teamstersa union whose ties to organized crime have inspired a number...